DNS: Zone <zone name> update notification list must not be empty

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Add secondary servers to the zone update notification list for the zone.

Configure the zone update notification list to include all secondary DNS servers for the zone. By default, all servers listed on the Name Servers tab are notified. You can also choose to specify a list of secondary servers.

Membership in Administrators, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete these procedures. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at Local and Domain Default Groups (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477).

In the console tree, right-click the name of the primary zone and then click Properties.

On the Zone Transfers tab, click Notify.

Click the Automatically notify check box, and then choose Servers listed on the Name Servers tab or The following servers. If you chose Servers listed on the Name Servers tab, you do not need to manually configure the zone update notification list.

If you chose The following servers, click under IP address, type the IP address of a secondary DNS server for the zone, and then press ENTER.

Repeat the previous step to add each secondary server to the zone update notification list.